End of the Year / Album of the Year

2020 in Review // Notable Albums by Ivo Petrov (Mahorka)

Talking favorite albums of 2020 with Ivo, the man behind BulgarianMahorka!

Don’t forget to check label mixes that Ivo put together for us (here, here and here).


anatoly grinberg and mark spybey – the failure of language [ant-zen]

Jodie Lowther – Roseberry [self-released]

Bunker Palace – Hotel [GodHatesGodRecords]

Mytrip – Keeper [Amek]

Linus Schrab – It Must Have Been Love [Shimmering Moods Records]

Shahin Souri – About This Time [Moloton]

Oberlin – Übersee [self-released/Handstitched*]

SqrtSigil – Struktury rezonansowe [self-released]

Esem – Chaos Crop [self-released]

Kettel – Dwingeloo Life Extension [self-released]

William Basinski – Lamentations [Temporary Residence Limited]

krāllār – big sad [amek]

Konejo – Snapping Back In [self-released]

Whalt Thisney – Quiethism [Kahvi]

Wolne Pokoje – Obiekty Rozmyte [Plaża Zachodnia]

Styrofoam – Political Songs [self-released]

Letters From Mouse – Proto Human [self-released]

Ab Uno – La Linea Negra [Lontano Series / rohs! records]

BedouinDrone – Conflict [self-released]

Simo Cell & Abdullah Miniawy – Kill me or negotiate [BFDM]

Dimitar Bodurov & Ivan Shopov – Coalescence [Etheraudio Records]

BVDUB – Ten Times the World Lied [Glacial Movements]

Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini – Illusion of Time [Phantasy Sound]

Simon Posford – Flux & Contemplation – Portrait of an Artist in Isolation [Twisted Music]

George Christian & Jeff Gburek – Flying Rivers [Akashic Records]

Tim Koch – Scordatura [self-released]

Barbara Morgensten – Innocence and Desolation (The Fish Prints Reworks) [Fish Prints]

David Toop – Apparition Paintings [Room40]

Autoclav1.1 – Nothing Outside [Audiophob]

plus one compilation…

Various Artists – Moving Music: Sounds From The Rocking Chair [Moving Furniture Records]

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